Resilient tire for wheels.



No. 724,259. PATENTED MAE. 31,'1903.

\ E. GEEMONT.

EESILIENT TIEE EOE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 31. 1902. y

N0 MODEL.

l i c. Eumeuwummg W UNITED STATES -PATENT OFFICE.

HAZELwooD CAEMONT, oF KINesToN-UPoN-THAMES, ENGLAND.

Rl-:slLlENT TmEFoRwHEELs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' Patent No. 724,259, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed December 31, 190Z-. Serial BT01137325. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HAzELwooD CAEMONT,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, resid-v ing at Helmsdale, Kingston-upon-Thames, county of Surrey, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires for Wheels of Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to an improvement in that class of tires -for wheels of road-vehicles in which metallic segments are heldv within a channeled rim', rubber, metallic, vor other springs being arranged between the segments and rim. v l

My invention will be clearly understood from the following description, aided by the example shown on the annexed drawings, in which- "f Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a rim and tire of a wheel. Fig. 2 is aplan of a portion of a rim and tire of awheel. Fig. 3 is an end elevation through the line :n of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a wheel.

In wheels in which the tires are formed of spring-controlled segments it has been found that the weight of the vehicle only acts upon one segment at a time, and in consequence such segment becomes depressed, leaving the next approaching one standing out in its normal condition, and a knocking noise is created by reason of the projecting end of the segment striking the ground previous to taking the weight of the load, besides doing great harm to the ends of the segments and to the springs. Now the object of my invention is to obviate this disadvantage and cause the neighboring segments to the one bearing the load to assist in bearing the load and at the same time become compressed,so as to present a smooth-surface edge for the onward travel of the wheel instead'of as'te'p-like surface, as is usual.

The 4drawings indicate Vmy invention as applied to'segments having boxes for retaining the springs, so that they do not become displaced during use.

For the purpose of my invention I cut in the ends of each segment a slot a for receiving a plate b, which when the segments care placed end to end have a position some little distancein each segment and is' situate between the segment-tread cl and springs e,- arranged iu the segments. By this means when the load is being borne by one segment the plate b will act upon the wall'f and spring e of the opposite segment on each side and-take -them down withfit," so as to take part ofthe weight of the load and at *A the same time insure a smooth surface of the tread d for the onward travel of the Wheel.

The segments c are made U shape in crosssection and have a position in U -shaped channel-iron g, fixed to the felly h of the wheel, and such segments c are provided with slots 1l, through which and the walls of the chaunel-iron g bolts j can be passed to secure the segments-to the rim g.

Although in the drawings I have shown metallic springs in the segments, it is to be understood I may employ rubber springs.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A vehicle-tire including a plurality of segments, and yieldinglymounted plates bridging the segments and bearing against HAZELWOOD CARMONT.

Witnesses:

PERCY E. MATTooKs, FRED. C. SMITH. 

